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Unincorporated community in Mississippi, United States
Swiftwater, Mississippi
Unincorporated community
Cotton fields at Swiftwater, c. 1885-1898. Photo by William Henry Jackson.Cotton fields at Swiftwater, c. 1885-1898. Photo by William Henry Jackson.
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Coordinates: 33°20′15″N 91°3′35″W / 33.33750°N 91.05972°W / 33.33750; -91.05972
CountryUnited States
StateMississippi
CountyWashington
Elevation121 ft (37 m)
Time zoneUTC-6 (Central (CST))
 • Summer (DST)UTC-5 (CDT)
ZIP code38701
Area code662
GNIS feature ID692252

Swiftwater is an unincorporated community located in Washington County, Mississippi, United States.

History

Swiftwater began as Swiftwater Cotton Plantation, founded by Alexander Barckly Montgomery, who built a mansion there in either 1850 or 1845. Montgomery sold the plantation to Col. Ed Richardson, the world's largest cotton plantation owner in the 1870s and 1880s, and owner of plantations across the South.

Swiftwater was a stop on the now-abandoned Yazoo and Mississippi Valley Railroad, completed in the 1880s.

Located on the rail platform was the Swiftwater Store, owned by the E.E. Richardson Company. The store was still in operation in 1910.

Swiftwater was never incorporated, but had a post office from 1886 to 1932.

Notable people

Pete Shields, a professional baseball player with the Cleveland Indians, was born in Swiftwater.

References

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Swiftwater, Mississippi
  2. Miller, Mary Carol (1996). Lost Mansions of Mississippi. Univ. Press of Mississippi. p. 101. ISBN 978-0-87805-888-4.
  3. ^ Hall, Russell S.; Nowell, Princella W.; Childress, Stacy (2000). Washington County, Mississippi. Arcadia. pp. 29, 37. ISBN 9780738506555.
  4. Rowland, Dunbar (1907). Mississippi: Comprising Sketches of Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in Cyclopedic Form. Southern Historical Publishing Association. p. 761.
  5. ^ Howe, Tony. "Swiftwater, Mississippi". Mississippi Rails.
  6. "Pete Shields". Baseball Reference.
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